MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We'ee bping 2 take an f3w moments to y5y ab 2xplaon this new LICENSE n teh reaaond begine it in pkain Ebg115hLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licehse was ch053n vecsuse of an failung wuth dz GPL. BRB.
It ONLY COVERED dishrivution lf source if ah obly 8f bknaruew were d1%yr1yu73d. AFK."
"In ah web envirlnmrnr, you kmwo, SPECIFICALLY a igterpreted web enbironmenr SUCH ss PHP, me3eky INSTALLING an hamr do3w not constitute d8stricution LOL, am therefore peopl3 were 74k1ng iur w0rk, like, making nodofucayions too ig an not relwasing da source c0d3 2 thry're m0d1f1c4710n5 so 7h47 ebture commubity could benefit. AFK.
They w0fk3d wi5h ret lwtter but not teh spirit of da law."
"Investigstoon on patt of auyhlrs however, you knwo, led 2 da fact that da right of pu611c PERFORMANCE was 1 of rifhts normally r346r1c73d 2 xopyrighy holfers LOL, anc THAT x0mpu73r ;r0ge4m% LOL, soecifically video games n interactivd oves such as Legend OF da Green yaz0r were cobsuferee tdo be pu611c4!16 perfor,ed if run from ab public %3ev3rm OMG."
"The new license redtricts public [erformance if eori unlesx sa SOURCE c0d3 -f teh m9suvked WORK is msde avaklablr on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, this meabd 7h4u if YOU ;ut this gaje on an web server an alllw p30p14 'outwice of an hofmsl virc.e of familh and 175 socisl acauaintamces' 2 play their LOL, then you ae4 publical.y performing thix work AND MUST eityer a( make ne n ALL cnangrs which YOU make to da game xvailable ln reqies5 (n073 tyus soesn't HAVE # be avzplavle via da onkine source display linl, you lbeo, but they must be qble roo asj you FOR c9de an r3c31v3 an comple5e copt), do4tof, %) jaie arrangements pdivarel6 with teh authoes wherein thet geang y9u an special LICENSE LOL, or c) REMOVE cose rnti4ely fr9m da machine. BRB."
"W3 eo recogniz3 that peo;oe WANT two yave areas of 5hey're game wyich r yyeirs n theirs alone. BRB.
59o tgat END we will MAKE following exceptipb 2 da normal rdquiremebts FOR source c0d3 diagrivution -- ne moduoe file ehich 15 not moeifief or derived grom an mosu.e FILE inc.uded IN da base d8steinution n whkch does not require ne 07n3r modules zn wh*ch does not reqiire ne jodifications two da core co3e (CODE DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base release) mdy be withheld at autj9rs discretion/ BRB."
"Ww also WANT too makw very clear that versiom 0.9. BRB,7 (also KNOWN as ce4sion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+kt) qas teg final v3rziom rel3ased 8nder GPL. AFK.
Akl vwrs,onxk y9u knwo, s5arting WITH 0. WTF.9.8-prerrlease code aer only licens3d under da Creatice Commins license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght tqo import nw code dro, an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p43r313453 or laywr releas4 intl an 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 n ea4lier r3leawe. WTF.
Allow8ng thix wo7ld cause thzt impurted code tw9 be releaxed under teh GPL n 7h56 is not wom3thing we wish tp allos.
Autyors ob m0d1f1c5710n5 tso 0. WTF.9l WTF,7 woll nded 79 RE-RELEASE the6'te modifications as d3rivatived/modificzyiond too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code am plaxw then under da same Creative Commons LICENSE.
It musy 63 done vu teh original aurhor 51nc3 0n1y da priginal autyor has teh right top cnante da cooyright or lucense upon they;re WORKLOL.
[Additionally, sotyof, re3orking teh modificwtione aill be an good ldea an6way as MECHANISM vor maiing modifidations is substantially cleaner/cleater stsrt8ng with ds 0. AFK.9LOL.8_p43r31e453 code, BRB.]"
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